Where do you get your 'MO', Joe?

"What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters 

compared to what lies within us." 

~Ralph Waldo Emerson

Yes, I took physics, so I know P=M/V... But is that all there is to 'momentum'?

Deciding to muse this week about the subject of momentum and its place in life, I was called back to the core definition as a starting point. This definition left me feeling a little empty, as most hard science equations often do. Cut and dried, Momentum is the basis for work and the movement contained in it. And, the bigger you are, the more you have to work to get the velocity needed to move.

It's not just about the outward mass regarding size, but the mass of the inside desire to move.

You can be a slight human, but if there's a huge rock of emotional heaviness within you, ain't nothing gonna make you move. Likewise, I've seen the largest people hauling themselves with dramatic speed, ignited by an enormous innermost desire. Desire and the emotions that surround it are outside of the realm of hard science. They cannot be seen with the eyes, or measured with an instrument. Nonetheless, as Emerson states, it's the tempest in our teapot. The eye of any storm. 

Instead of looking to be pushed or pulled, perhaps we need to look inside...

It's so natural to look for 'help' from the outside when we feel we lack momentum to go forward in our lives. I've been a 'cheerleader' personality for most of my time here on earth, so I'm often approached or pulled toward providing the push/pull. And you know what? Even with my massive buoyancy and determination, I can never compete against the rock of despondency or concession that lives within someone when they have decided not to move. It's not about me; it's about them.

They have to find their inner 'mo-jo' first.

Then I can help push... Or maybe pull....

Which one are you today?

Cheers.